On a side note Jeremy, we have enough knowledgeable reefers here to be able to answer just about EVERY question there is. You don't have to have a well known name to know the answer to a question.
Also we don't pay known named people to hang on the forums and answer questions. We don't make $500 a month on each sponsor.
Thank you though.
Yes there are people here that answer questions, but IMO the level of expertise, detail in the answer, and depth that the issues are discussed in is far better on RC.
You may get different answers and different perspectives, but it's the dialogue and learning that occurs from the different advanced perspectives and discussions that ensue.
There are many people that like to help and know what their talking about and then there are many more people that like to help but may not be giving the best advice. From what I see there are far fewer that fall within that first category on this forum. I frequent the threads often hear and have yet to see any truly advanced topic discussion with intersting dialogue and the opportunity for many to learn from. I've even started many threads trying to pull this out of people in an attmept to find the experts here and I'm just not seeing what I'm looking for. Again, just my opinion and I am relatively new to this forum so I'll continue to search and try and incite good discussions about advanced topics.
For what it's worth I think the forum is OK. I know that most of the members from a reef club near me have migrated from RC, but the underlying reason for why they moved is the difference in the trading/selling limitations and less strict guidance from mods (of which is good and bad depending on how you view it). The people can now trade and sell stuff much more freely, but this also invites others with malicious intent within the trading/selling scheme.
Please don't take my comments as an attack. I'm only trying to provide some constructive critcism.
Jeremy
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I do think there is some relevance to having someone well known answering questions. I at least then know the level of expertise that the advice is coming from. If someone I don't know answers a question I have to consider that this person may be way off course and I then need to ask for studies or proof of validity to confirm accuracy. If it's someone I know is well versed in a topic then there is little need to question them and they also routinely offer up sites of reference to ensure valididty of their responses.
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